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Komal Marwaha; Urvashi Sharma – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
To address the ambiguity regarding learning style preferences as predictors of academic success, this study examines the relationship between learning style preferences, gender, lecture attendance, and academic performance among undergraduate dental students. Learning style preferences using the Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetic…
Descriptors: Dental Schools, Cognitive Style, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement
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Lucieer, Susanna M.; van der Geest, Jos N.; Elói-Santos, Silvana M.; de Faria, Rosa M. Dellbone; Jonker, Laura; Visscher, Chris; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Themmen, Axel P. N. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
Society expects physicians to always improve their competencies and to be up to date with developments in their field. Therefore, an important aim of medical schools is to educate future medical doctors to become self-regulated, lifelong learners. However, it is unclear if medical students become better self-regulated learners during the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Medical Education, Medical Students, Program Effectiveness
Jabsheh, Abd-Al-Hameed Mustafa; Abu Saa, Jafar Wasfi – Online Submission, 2019
The aim of this study was to investigate about the study skills which are mostly practiced by (PTUK), freshmen and sophomores, Arabic-speaking students who are learning English language introductory courses, namely, Remedial English (no.15200099), English (1)- (no.15200106), and English (2)- (no.15200112). This study also aimed at investigating…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Semitic Languages
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Watkins, Ryan; Corry, Michael; Dardick, William; Stella, Julie – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2015
Do online students take notes when reading lecture content or watching video lectures? Can they benefit from note-taking supports, such as graphic organizers, to improve their study skills? These are among the questions explored in a pilot study with student participants enrolled in a 100% online graduate program. Students were provided academic…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Instructional Materials, Study Skills, Study Habits
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Miller, Cynthia J. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2014
While the first year of medical school is challenging for all students, there may be specific issues for students from rural areas, economically disadvantaged backgrounds, ethnic minorities, or nontraditional age groups. A Summer Prematriculation Program (SPP) was created to prepare entering at-risk students for the demands of medical school. For…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Medical Students, Textbooks, At Risk Students
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Malie, Senian; Akir, Oriah – Research in Education, 2012
Learning approaches, learning methods and learning environments have different effects on students? academic performance. However, they are not the sole factors that impact students? academic achievement. The aims of this research are three-fold: to determine the learning approaches preferred by most students and the impact of the learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Social Sciences
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Pryjmachuk, Steven; Gill, Anita; Wood, Patricia; Olleveant, Nicola; Keeley, Philip – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article describes the evaluation of an online study skills course unit designed, using evidence-based principles, to support undergraduate students. A mixed-methods approach was employed to establish the extent to which the unit was (a) fit for purpose and (b) effective. Data were obtained from an online survey (n = 63) conducted on entry to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Study Skills